“But You, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts my head.” -Psalm 3:3
God favor can cover every area of our lives. He can take care of everything we will ever need -spirit, soul, and body.
How would your life look if you were surrounded, all day every day, by God’s favor? Would your actions and attitude be different of you knew beyond any doubt that success is ahead? Would you find the courage to go of your anxieties and fears? Of course you would.
Having God’s favor can change your life. The question is how do we access that favor each and every day.
If you have chosen to follow God, you already have His favor. God saves you because of His favor towards us, you don’t have to earn it, you just had to chose it.
Ephesians 2:8 tells us, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it isa gift of God.“
Simply put God’s grace is His favor. God’s favor is the power that changes things for us. You and I are saved by His favor, and it’s not just about reaching heaven when we die. Being saved means to be delivered, protected, preserved, healed and made whole.
His supernatural grace is so vast that it’s us in Ephesians 2:7 “that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches in His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
You may be thinking “I can’t wait to until I get to heaven to see the fullness of God’s favor.” The good news is we don’t have to wait God can pour His favor on us right here right now. Even if you have not chosen to follow God.
Before I chose to start following God, my life as in shambles. But, even then I knew I was being protected by something. I experienced to many “close calls” in my life for not being protected. Even when I was rebelling against Him, God was still protecting me.
It’s God’s grace at work in our lives that keeps us safe. It was God’s grace at work in my life that enabled me to be saved. From the moment I chose to live a new, different life in Christ. God’s favor on me increased. God began working in my behalf. I went from living a wretched life to living a God favored life.
Psalm 5:12 talks about the saved child of God who serves Him. Jesus made us righteous when He shed His blood for us. His bloodshed and righteousness became available for all, and it came with the favor of God.
“For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor. You will surround him as with a shield.“ -Psalm 5:12
We should always see ourselves wrapped in God’s favor 24 hours a day. Every morning when you get up, and throw off the covers and jump out of bed we should be saying, “I am one of the righteous and God’s favor surrounds like a shield.”
You should begin to expect great things to happen. When you do, you’re life will be the same again.
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